ICRN2008 BSN, RN

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    Ugh! Delivered Baby On My Own The Other Day...

    ICRN2008 replied to jenrninmi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a side note, the Joint Commission has issued an advisory addressing bad behavior among health care professionals. Per one of our risk management people, this is mostly aimed at physicians who yell,...
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    Resistant Strain Bacteria's

    ICRN2008 replied to Misty1334's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Pseudo refers to Pseudomonas. This is an opportunistic infection found in severely immunocompromised patients as well as those with cystic fibrosis who cannot effectively clear their secretions. It...
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    Best Lotion for cracked hands?

    ICRN2008 replied to austin9104's topic in General Nursing

    Please note that many of the lotions listed above contain oils that can have an adverse affect on the integrity of latex gloves. Water-based lotions approved by glove manufacturers should be used in...
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    MRSA exposure???

    ICRN2008 replied to moviefan2000's topic in General Nursing

    We cannot give medical advice on this forum. If you are looking for general information on MRSA, I suggest you visit the CDC website. Here are some links: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa.html...
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    Why am I not using ANY precautions with MRSA?

    ICRN2008 replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    CDC recommendations is contact only, no
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    Why am I not using ANY precautions with MRSA?

    ICRN2008 replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    There are CDC recommendations for care of MRSA patients in long-term care settings http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_multidrugFAQ.html I am concerned with the amount of "speculation" that occurs when...
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    How do you deal with gossipy co-workers?

    ICRN2008 replied to Tolos's topic in General Nursing

    One of my co-workers liked to gossip to me about other employees, until I came straight out and told her that I didn't like it. If you don't engage the other person, then it becomes a one-sided...
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    Soap/Sanitizer usage competitions amongst hospitals

    ICRN2008 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, when the Joint Commission comes in to do accreditation visits, they look at this data. Those of us in quality assurance, infection control and other areas who accuse of not doing any...
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    Pre-Nursing: Swinging school on single salary?

    ICRN2008 replied to TinyMuggle's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone else is going to tell you that how they did it is the only way to go (I'm sure that you found that out already). I would like to stress that how much work someone can handle while attending...
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    working on the old-style wards

    ICRN2008 replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    Most facilities are moving to private patient rooms for a number of reasons, including privacy, visitor and infection control concerns. There is a reason that wards are no longer commonplace, at...
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    Finding a patient's blog

    ICRN2008 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of kids' parents, especially those with cancer or other chronic/ serious conditions, put up websites for their families and friends to update them on the child's progress. We would look them...
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    are you or were you Medical Laboratory Technologist?

    ICRN2008 replied to aqua123's topic in General Nursing

    I am a medical technologist (ASCP) with a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science. I worked for four and a half years in the lab before I became a nurse. Now I use skills from both degrees in my new
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    needlestick

    ICRN2008 replied to green7's topic in General Nursing

    OSHA now requires safety devices on all needles. If your employer did not provide them and you contracted a disease as a result, this can be reported to OSHA. If the violation was willful, fines...
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    Interprete Lab/Tests resutls to patients

    ICRN2008 replied to seriousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Scope of practice is key in so many cases...just because you know something doesn't mean that you have the authority to tell it to the patient. When I worked in peds, I only gave my parents their...
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    Work all night -School during the day, can it be done?

    ICRN2008 replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on the person, but please consider the effect on your family and your patients if you are over tired. I had a co-worker who almost crashed her car with all three kids inside because...
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    Bridge to Public Health

    ICRN2008 replied to CurlyRN's topic in Infectious Disease

    I apologize that I thought that you were a new grad- a BSN completion program is for nurses with ADN degrees, right? You have spent even longer on the floor than I have, so I am sure that you have a...
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    Bridge to Public Health

    ICRN2008 replied to CurlyRN's topic in Infectious Disease

    It would be very difficult to work as an infection control nurse without getting a little bit of floor experience first. If you don't know what it's like "out in the trenches", then it is going to be...
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    Do Nurses Live in Fear of Being Fired???

    ICRN2008 replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    Employers who fire their employees without warning, without coaching, and without careful, complete documentation of the ways in which the employee was not living up to his or her end of the bargain...
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    Parent Pet Peeves

    ICRN2008 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I love most of my parents, but I have a few pet peeves that really irk me, such as: 1) Parents who insist that you not wake their child during the night "for any reason" despite the fact that they...
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    Reusing Huber needles?

    ICRN2008 replied to buster4's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this FDA info refers to re-using single-use devices on a different patient after
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    New Grad Applications -- Transcripts Required?

    ICRN2008 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, both at my first job out of school and my subsequent one (over a year out of nursing school). Depends on how selective the employer is when it comes to academics- for some positions it matters...
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    Reusing Huber needles?

    ICRN2008 replied to buster4's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of that. However, there is an increasingly common practice of hospitals re-using single use devices to save money. There is increasing regulatory oversight of this process. Here is...
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    Need Help With Electrolytes!

    ICRN2008 replied to Vaporize's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask one of the medical students if they have this information in their text book, or try to find some medical books at the library. Nursing books tend not to go into this much
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    NM altering my timecard - how do I approach her?

    ICRN2008 replied to casperx875x's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above posters that in most places your manager must approve overtime. Having spent some time on a scheduling committee, I can tell you that most automatic timeclock systems round to...
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    JCAHO Visit

    ICRN2008 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in General Nursing

    The Joint Commission used to sit in a board room looking at charts and policies during their visits. Now, they spend at least half the time interviewing nurses, patients and other employees to make...